The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-30

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the prohibition amendment AT these
booths were also colore( women,
whose duty 1t was to circullts smopg
the tolored brethren, talk 10 them
and furnish them with ticlsts. The
anti'prohibitionists were not Idle in
the meantime. At each Ioll were
plenty OF men, white and colored,
armed with tickets, ready to serve the
dear people who approached the
polling point with the Intention
Of depositing ballot. Tn, contest,
while conducted and carried on In a
vigorous and earnest name, wss eI'
ceediugly quiet and peaceabls, and but
few arrests had to be made BY the
police. The saloons and grocery
houses where liqro' was iold were
kept closed during election hours.
The saloon keepers and thsIr assist.
ants were doing coed work stthe polls,
and influenced many a vote from dry
to wet. The city vote was . light one
solo, Of which 2Sss for prohibition and
1891 against, giving the latter major.
ity Of 1882, which, with the returns
from several country districts, gave
the ''sntis"a little over 5000 i and the
remaining districts to hear from, Il Is
claimed, will swell the m'j,rity to
about 5000. The usual number Of
hacks were employed DUNG the
day by both parties In
hauling the sovereigns around
to their respective voting plaees,l Both
parties claim they lOst many votes
through the apathy Of their friends,
who failed TO materialiss at the polls,
and this claim Is no doubt we'll found.
ed, II figures can be relied upon as
fixing The popular vote. The prohibit.
tioniets have fled papers with the
sherif charging fraud In the First and
Fourth Wards, aud giving notice Of
contest.
The charges Of fraud as 10 the Frat
and Fourth wards we're 70. made prh
lie, the envelopes which contained
Them being sealed and addressed to
Sheriff Cannon. Deputy sh,rG Nc.
Tendon, who received the packages.
declined TO open them, 90 he bad no
power 10 settle or look into the ques.
tions at Issue. Sheriff Cannon will
receive the documents today aud will
take such action a. may be deemed
necessary.
Even yesterdays non. partisan cleo
ton was not free from fraud, and the
festive "repeaters," while itN, were
abroad all the same, and made them
sci yes conspicuous by belrg caught In
the commission OF their crime. Pive
arrests we're made on the charge. The
first was William Davis, an Lish Ia.
borer, fifty years old, giving bis resi-.
dencs az No. 100 Front street. lie was
arrested at the First Ward polling
plaza. The Fourth Ward came 10 the
front with two imported colored re-
peatels from Alabama. They regis
tered At the station ne Abram William,
twenty two years old, aud Bill Martin,
twenty. one years. They Acknowledged
that they had only been In the city q
iow days, hut would no. say who In
duced them to vote. The next victim
was Albert Parish, white, an eighteen
year old youth, who Is In the dotted
States Government, employ. He IN.
dcrtook TO exercise the great American
privilege In the First Ward. Artantas
was also represented In the person Of
janis Holden, white, aged twenty.
two. He played his ballot on the Prs,
Ward, and came out loser
Very mssEer returns we're 70.
ceived at the sherifi's Office up 10
late hour last night from the country
districts, bu, by this evening the full
and complete returns from the county
will be filed. The total vote ei the
city and Of the country districts, GO far
a. sent In, lie az follows:
CITY vorR.
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